BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: January 23, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
AB 1153 (Eggman) - As Amended: January 6, 2014
Policy Committee: Business,
Professions and Consumer Protection Vote: 14-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill authorizes the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology
(BBC) to offer a master esthetician skin care license,
establishes the educational and practical requirements for the
master esthetician examination application, and modifies the
scope of practice of cosmetology and esthetic skin care,
including changes to account for current technological and
industry advances in skin care practice.
FISCAL EFFECT
Start-up costs substantially offset by exam fees earned
following license establishment; ongoing exam costs and expert
examiner costs fully offset by exam fees; potential one-time
increase in licensing fee revenues from applicants in the first
year of license availability.
1) Costs.
a) Initial estimated start-up costs to establish the master
esthetician license type consist of approximately $20,000
in IT costs, $100,000 to develop and implement the master
esthetician exam, and $60,000 per year during the first two
years to employ additional staff to handle implementation
and the expected high volume of initial applicants.
Following the initial two-year period, the additional
workload associated with the master esthetician license
will be absorbable by the BBC.
b) Ongoing expenses for administering exams consist of a
$30 cost per exam to the exam developer and approximately
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$220 per examiner per day for expert examiners on days
where exams are administered. Approximately 20% of current
licensed estheticians are expected to apply for master
esthetician licenses once available, and approximately 3%
of licensed estheticians are expected to apply each year
thereafter.
Based on the above costs and assumptions and a current
population of about 65,000 licensed estheticians, in the
initial year of availability, exam costs and expert
examiner costs are expected to be approximately $460,000.
On an ongoing basis, those costs are expected to be
approximately $60,000 per year.
c) The bill may also result in absorbable enforcement
costs.
2) Revenues.
a) Exam fees will offset substantially all of the initial
start-up costs, including the cost to the BBC for
developing, purchasing, grading, and administering the
exam, and will offset all of the ongoing costs of
administering exams.
b) License fees are limited to a biannual fee of $40,
equivalent to that of the current esthetician license. In
the first year of availability, license fees received from
applicants for master esthetician licenses who are "off
cycle" (i.e. had paid a license fee the previous year and
would not otherwise need to renew their license) would
result in a one-time increase in license fee revenues. If
half of all initial applicants were "off cycle" in this
manner, the one-time increase in license fee revenue would
be approximately $225,000. On an ongoing basis, the
equivalent $40 license fee would not result in increased
revenues compared with the current esthetician license
fees.
COMMENTS
1) Purpose. The author contends AB 1153 addresses an industry
request for more advanced and specialized training and
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licensure for estheticians. The additional education is
intended to train master estheticians in advanced treatments,
safety judgments, and other enhanced service competencies.
Compared with a current esthetician, who is limited to
performing treatments to the head and neck area only, a master
esthetician will be allowed to perform additional defined skin
procedures, including certain extractions, over the entire
body.
Obtaining a master esthetician license will require most
applicants to either complete an additional 600 hours of
training over the 600 hours required for the current
esthetician license or hold a national or international
certification in advanced esthetics that is recognized by the
BBC. Certain estheticians who are currently licensed and have
practiced for a sufficient period of time will be able to
apply for the master esthetician license without having
completed the additional training or certification, subject to
passing the examination and, in certain cases, completing
certain continuing education approved by the BBC.
2) Opposition. The California Society of Dermatology &
Dermatologic Surgery (CalDerm) states certain cosmetic
practices defined and described in the bill were not
sufficiently distinguished from similar medical practices,
particularly with respect to extractions. CalDerm has
indicated it would support the measure if amended to better
define the limits of those cosmetic practices.
3) The skincare industry. According to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, the employment of skincare professionals is
expected to grow 25 percent from 2010 to 2020, faster than the
average for all other occupations.
4) Similar licensing programs. Currently, Utah and Virginia
offer two-tier master esthetician licensing programs requiring
1200 hours of study, similar to the provisions of this bill.
BBC does not currently offer any form of master license to any
of its existing license programs.
Analysis Prepared by : Joel Tashjian / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
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